pamela brown with us here in boston this morning. i want to bring in former cia analyst peter brookes. he's a former analyst for the cia, as i said, also with the defense department. thank you so much for being with us this morning. i really appreciate it. and, peters, here's the question, we know that the suspect is sedated. we know that he's intubated with injuries to the throat. if there is communication going on, we can presume it's probably by writing. you probably can't get all the answers you want, so what are the key questions to ask right now? >> of course the other question is, i'm not a medical professional, but to what level of competent can he answer those questions? but as we said, the most important thing right now, john, is to know if there's any other plots under way. if there's any other bombs out there. issues of public -- of public safety. eventually down the road they're going to want to get into the history of this, because obviously the other terrorist, his older brother, is gone. they're going to want to know